Journal article
Modeling of the Elk river spill 2014
Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark, lucien.stolze1@gmail.com.1
A dispersion-advection model was used to simulate the Elk river chemical spill 2014. The numerical and analytical solutions were used to predict the concentrations of 4-methylcyclohexane methanol (MCHM) at the water treatment plants located along the Elk and Kanawha rivers. The results are of similar magnitude as measured concentrations although a time-lag was found between modeled and measured plume arrival likely due to accumulation of systematic errors.
Considering MCHM guidelines for drinking water, the spill represented a serious health threat through the water up taken by the treatment plant located on the Elk river and it also constituted a risk of contamination for the drinking water produced by treatment plants located on the Kanawha river.
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher: | Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Pages: | 7980-5 |
| ISSN: | 16147499 and 09441344 |
| Types: | Journal article |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11356-015-4331-z |
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution Chemical Hazard Release Contaminant transport Cyclohexanes Dispersion-advection model Earth and Environmental Science Ecotoxicology Environment Environment, general Environmental Chemistry Environmental Health Environmental Monitoring Health hazard risk assessment MCHM Models, Theoretical Rivers Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution Water Pollutants, Chemical West Virginia methylcyclohexane
